Holly: Hope they've got some odds and sods on board, we're short of a few supplies. Lister: [drinking tea] Like what? Holly: Cow's milk, ran out of that yonks ago. Fresh and dehydrated. Lister: What kind of milk are we using now? Holly: Emergency backup supply. We're on the dog's milk. Lister: Dog's milk! Holly: Nothing wrong with dog's milk. Full of goodness, full of vitamins, full of marrowbone jelly. Lasts longer than any other milk, dog's milk. Lister: Why? Holly: No bugger'll drink it. Plus of course the advantage of dog's milk is that when it goes off, it tastes exactly the same as when it's fresh.

oh c'mon, milk is good for you as a rich source of vimtamin and especially calcium. so vegans should definitely try and compensate this in their diets.

Vegan Sources of Calcium

Good plant sources of calcium include:

* Green leafy vegetables: spring greens, kale, broccoli, parsley. It is important to note that spinach is not a good source of calcium. It is high in calcium, but the calcium is bound to oxalates and therefore poorly absorbed * Fortified foods such as soya milk * White flour (as calcium is added by law) and white flour products * Calcium-set tofu * Oranges * Ground sesame seeds (tahini) The calcium content is high but variable and absorption of calcium from tahini is not proven so tahini should not be relied upon as a main source * Figs and black molasses * Drinking hard water can provide 200mg of calcium daily, although soft water contains almost none

i noticed from Tiervexx's post, what with heating water on a stove (...now why would you do that if you had a kettle?).... you guys (americans) don't have electric kettles, do you?

my auntie told me about her endless hunt for an electric kettle when she moved to America; therefore i'm guessing most people don't have one. instead, apparently you have coffee machines. be this true? do respond with 'aye' or 'nay'.

i noticed from Tiervexx's post, what with heating water on a stove (...now why would you do that if you had a kettle?).... you guys (americans) don't have electric kettles, do you?

my auntie told me about her endless hunt for an electric kettle when she moved to America; therefore i'm guessing most people don't have one. instead, apparently you have coffee machines. be this true? do respond with 'aye' or 'nay'.

its the ice bit that make it all wrong........and other people have commented on the lack of kettles in the US.....how do you make pot noodles? or fill up hot water bottles??? or indeed any of the 1000s of things kettles are used for in the UK .... even the poorest and lowliest crackden or even student flat will have a kettle!

We never had an electric kettle until I was looking to reduce my energy-usage a few years ago. Until then I had an on-the-stove kettle, which is more standard here than the electric kind. I got my electric kettle from this house that often puts random things outside on their sidewalk with a "free" sign on them. Total score.